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SEAT.

Patented Jan. 8, 1884.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 291,487, dated January8, 1884.

- Application filed February 24, 1883. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARsENA Bnnnorcr, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Seats, ofwhich the following is a specification, ref erence being had therein tothe accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to seats for wagons,

cars, chairs, or other general uses; and it consists in the novelconstruction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, ,whereby asuperiorariicle is obtained at a low cost of manufacture.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,Figure 1 represents a plan or top view. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectionon the line 00 m, Fig. 1. Fig. 31s a cross-section on theliney y,Fig. 1. Fig.

4 is a plan view of a web forming the seat proper as it appears beforebeing applied to the seat-frame.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre 2 5 spending parts.

The letterA designates a frame, of substantially rectangular shape,having connected to it a web, B, of cloth or other similar material,which constitutes the body of the seat, or, in

other words, the seat proper. This web B passes on its front edgethrough a slot, 0, formed in the front side of the seat-frame, and onits end edges through slots d, formed in the ends of the frame, while itis provided on the edges named with pockets 6 or f, extendinglongitudinally thereof. Into these pockets 0 or f are inserted key-rodsg or ii, of metal or other suitable material, which are larger indiameter than the width of the slots 0 or d; and it will be seen thatthe web B is thereby firmly connected to the frame on the front and endedges, while it may be readily detached at these points, as for thepurpose of repairing or renewingthe same. Said pock etseor f aremade 5in series of three, (more or less,) and especially on the front edge, inorder to render the web B adjustablenamely, by inserting the keyrod intodifferent pockets-and the pockets are formed by doubling the web andstitching the same in parallel lines at the proper places, as

clearly shown in Fig. 4. The web B is also provided with a longitudinalpocket, 2', on the rear edge, which is formed substantially like thepockets 0 and f, but is largerto the extent of several times thediameter of the key-rod, for the purpose of bringing the foot of theincline plane, presently to be described, considerably forward or towardthe middle of the seat, and into which is inserted a key-rod, k. Thisrod k is located upon the rear side of the frame A, and is held inposition by means of hasps Z, which embrace the rod and extend undersaid rear side of the frame, where they are fastened by screws or othersuitable means, the web being cut away-opposite to the hasps, as shown.By this arrangement of the keyrod the web B is raised on a curved orincline plane toward the rear edge, the degree of its inclination beinggreater or less, according to the thickness of the rod; and the web 70thus conforming, approximately, to the shape of ones body, the seat isvery comfortable in use in comparison with a flat seat.

The frame A is divided longitudinally into two sections, A A which areunited or con- 7 5 nected by hinges n, and provided with hooks 0, orother similar fastenings, for retaining the same in a normal position,the hooks, when such are used, being hung to one sectionand arranged tocatch into eyes on the other sec tion. N ow, whenever the web B losesthe proper tension-as bywear-it can bestretched to compensate for slacktherein by releasing theforward frame-section, A, and throwing the sameup to a vertical position; then ad- 8 5 justing the web B transverselyasby properly shifting the key-rod g-and finally returning the section Ato a lower position, so that it acts as a lever to draw the webtight inthe desired manner. 0

I claim- 1. The combination, in a seat, of a frame having longitudinalslots in its front side and in both ends, a web of cloth passing throughsaid slots on its front and end edges, and hav- 5 ing pockets on suchedges, key-rods inserted in said pockets, and means for attaching theweb to the rear side of the frame, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

2. The combination, in a seat, of a frame,

a web of cloth having a lengitudinal pocket In testimony whereof I affixmy signature in' on its rear edge, a key-rod inserted in such presenceof'two witnesses;-

pocket hasps attached to the rear side of the 4 frame to engage saidrods, as specified, and MARSENA BENEDICT 5 means for attaching the Webto the front side Witnesses:

and the ends of the frame, substantially as FRANCIS C. BOWEN,

and for the purpose described. 1 T. L. SMITH.

